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(Fox) the only other species of the group Moniaecera by the 

 normal apical joint of the antennae. The male here mentioned 

 was collected in Lee County, Texas, by G. Birkmann. Mr. 

 Birkmann also took two females in Lee County. 



Rhopalum Incidum n. sp. 



Female. Length 4.75 mm. In general much like R. modcstum and 

 pedicellatum. Anterior margin of the clypeus rounded, with a small 

 quadrate tooth in the middle; second antennal joint longer than the 

 third, the fourth longer than the second, the apical longer than the pre- 

 ceding. The head and dorsulum shining, with small scattered punc- 

 tures ; an impressed line from the anterior ocellus ; the suture between 

 the dorsulum and the scutellum deep, not foveolated. The metathorax 

 rounded, without an enclosure, a faint line-like furrow in the middle. 

 The first segment of the abdomen longer than the second and the 

 second longer than the third ; the pygidium strongly margined, narrow- 

 er apically. Shining black ; scape, mandibles, part of the tubercles and 

 tegulae yellorv; base of the second dorsal segment, the venter more or 

 less, and the pygidium testaceous. Legs : four anterior legs except the 

 base of the coxae, and a spot on the intermediate femora yellow ; part 

 of the posterior coxae and the base of the posterior tibiae yellow ; the 

 rest of the legs black. Wings hyaline iridescent ; the venation brown. 



Type locality. Harrisburg, Pa. One female collected by 

 P. R. Myers, July 25, 1908. 



The following table will separate the females of the group 

 Rhopalum in the restricted sense (= group pedicellatus of 

 Fox) : 



Clypeus with a small rounded tooth in the middle, no tooth at the side ; 

 the base of the second abdominal segment testaceous. 



lucidnm Roh. 



Clypeus acutely produced and with a small lateral tooth i. 



i. Coxae pale ; middle segment with an enclosure . . pedicellatnm Pack. 

 Coxae black ; middle segment without an enclosure . modestum Roh. 



Mimesa myersiana n. sp. 



Female. Length 7-9 mm. Anterior margin of (he clypeus pro- 

 duced in the middle into a bidentate tooth. The front with rather close 

 medium size punctures ; head behind the ocelli and the cheeks shining, 

 polished, almost impunctate ; two crescent-shaped furrows connecting 

 the two lateral ocelli ; sometimes there is a short furrow from each lat- 



